AN ELDERLY Coventry couple have been killed and their daughter seriously injured following a three-car crash in the Cotswolds.

The 90-year-old city man died at the crash scene on a notorious stretch of the A429 between Bourton-on-the-Water and Stow-on-the-Wold on Sunday afternoon.

His 86-year-old wife was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford by air ambulance but later died from her injuries.

The couple were being driven by their 63-year-old daughter in a silver Mazda when the accident happened shortly after 3pm.

Their daughter, who is from Warwickshire, is described as being in a stable condition in hospital, but has “life changing injuries”.

The family’s Mazda was travelling towards Stow-on-the-Wold when it was in collision with a silver BMW and a white Vauxhall Vivaro van, which were both being driven towards Bourton on-the-Water.

The Coventry husband and wife are yet to be formerly identified.

The driver of the BMW - a 61-year-old man from Chipping Norton - and the driver of the Vauxhall - a 49-year-old man from Gloucester - suffered minor injuries in the crash.

The crash at the weekend has renewed calls from those living near the A429 to make the stretch of road safer.

Lower Slaughter residents say the junction by the Texaco garage is a danger.

Tom Constant, a former chairman of the parish council, said: “It is a major hazard and one that is common to a lot of people here.

“As cars are coming up from Bourton and approaching the turn into Lower Slaughter they often want to go into the garage and start indicating to go left but if people are sitting at the junction of the pike waiting to turn right it can be misleading.”

He explained there have been a lot of accidents in that area.

He added: “People need to be aware there is an imminent left turning and the traffic comes up there very quickly. We have had some serious injuries on the Fosseway and people have been killed.”

Anyone with any information about the collision is asked to call Gloucestershire Constabulary on 0845 090 1234, quoting incident number 368 of August 8.